Due
to an unforeseen conflict, the UConn women’s basketball team will not be
participating in the first pitch ceremony at Fenway tonight. The team
feels awful as it would have been a great moment for UConn and we have
apologized to the Red Sox.

The men are still scheduled to head up there
and hopefully the Red Sox will consider having us at a later date.

@suebeewankenobi It's going to be interesting especially having seen them twice in practice. I'm sure they've come a long way since then. Towson won't roll over and play dead either. after all, they're ranked No. 11 in FCS preseason poll.

Cleveland's Grady Sizemore hurt his back and had surgery and is expected to miss 8-12 weeks. The Tribe will move Michael Brantley from LF to CF and possibly use Shelly Duncan or Ryan Spillbourghs in LF. You could also see Aaron Cunningham get some time with the club in the outfield.

“I haven’t seen them in person live,’’ Auriemma said. “I’ve just seen drawing and renderings of them. But from what I understand, from what people are saying, they’re unbelievable. I even got some messages from other coaches in the country and players, and anybody that’s seen them and said it’s unbelievable. They’ve never seen anything like it. I think anything that can cause a little bit of a ruckus. People are like, `Wow,’ good and bad. I think Nike’s always been at the forefront of that. They’ve always been really, really good at pushing the envelope a little bit and getting people to think differently about things. I think with this Platinum Elite, they’ve hit it right on the head. People are certainly thinking differently. I’m thrilled to be … us and Baylor I think are the only two teams on the women’s side that are doing this. And I think we’re the only school in America that has both their men’s and women’s teams doing this. So, yeah. Like my mother would say, ‘I lika da swoosh.’’’